Auxiliary shield for motor-vehicles



D. E. BHARUCHA.

AUXILIARY SHIELD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION F1LEn1uNE1|.192o.

l n. E. BHARUCHA. -AUXILIARY SHIELD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Patented July 5, 1921.

H rr- N U J D E L H N O H A C H.. Dl DI A 2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

DOSABHOY E. BHABCHA; 0F IBO'MLAY, INDIA.

AUXILIARY SHIELD FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

ToaZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it. known that 1 DosABHoY E. BHA- RUCHA, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bombay, India, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Auxiliary Shield for Motor- Vehicles, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to an attachment for wid shields for motor vehicles.

The "object of the invention is to provide a simple and eliicient device for protecting the occupants of the front seat of la motor vehicle against injury incident to broken glass should the wind shield be broken.

Another object is to provide a protector of this character having combined therewith operating means, a portion of which is automatic and another portion manually controllable so that the protector will automatically assume anout of the way position when -released by the manually controllable means and also adapted to be moved to its useful "position by the operator of the vehicle whenever required.y

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings .Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of an. automobile showing this attachment applied and arranged in inoperative position in full lines and in operative position in dtted lines, parts being broken out. D

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the wind shield taken from the interior ofn the vehicle with parts broken out and in section. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section showing the auxiliary shield in lowered operative position; and

Figc 4 is a detailed end elevation, partly in section showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the embodiment illustrated a motor vehicle body B is shown,\ having the usual steeringu wheel and the ordinary windshield S.'

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed June 11, 1920. Serial No. 388.181.

The attachment constituting -this inven- 'tion comp-rises .two standards 1 and 2 secured to opposite sides of body B at the i -point where the ordinary windshield S is mounted, said standards being secured by heavy castings 3 to said body. These standards 1 and 2 which constitute a part of this invention also support the windshield S, the bearings of Awhich are shown at v4.

The-upper portions of the standards 1 and 2 have slots or recesses 1a and 2a extending transversely therethrough o from front to rear and extending longitudinally at points above the bearings 4. The upper ends of these standards n1 and 2 are connected by a cross bar 5 and adjacent said bar in said standards are mounted the pintles 8 I' of the members 6 and 7 forming a. part of this auxiliary windshield.

These members 6 and 7 are hingedly connected at their inner ends, member 6 having a lip 6a adapted to lapover and engage themember 7 when the shield is in I inoperative position to prevent them from moving upward beyond a horizontal plane. Mounted in the frame of these members 6 and 7, which is composed of rods or bars arranged in rectangular form, is'a {illing preferably composedof screen wire, which will permit the driver to see therethrough and will protect him against pieces of broken glass or other objects, these members being primarily designed for protection against broken windshields but obviously will protect against other objects as well.

Two cross bars or arms 10 are mounted irr the slots 1ad and 2a of the standards and the front Mounted project at opposite ends beyond and rear faces of the standards. in these slots below the arms springs 11 which exert their tension normally to move the arms upward for a purpose presently to be described.

Secured /ffto each of the arms 10 outside its standard are two wires or cables 12 and 12a, which extend `downwardly into the body B of the car and merge at their lower ends below the windshield into a cable 12", which is,y connected for manual control of 10 are coiled the auxiliary shild in a manner hereinafter to be described.

Rising from the ends of each arm 10.and

secured thereto are rods 13 carrying at their -upper ends substantiallyY-shaped heads 14, the arms 15 of which are curved mwardly and 7 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2, permitting said rods to slide freely therein. o

il springs 16 are mounted on the rods 13 between the arms 10 and heads 14, and o-pervate 'as cushioning elements for the members 6 and'7. L

The cables 12 and 12a pass at their lower ends over pulleys `17 disposed on the front and rear sides of the standards, as is shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Spring adjusting screw rods 18 extend through the lower ends of the standards 1 and 2 and are operable for controlling the tension of the springs 11.

` A shaft 19 extends transversely across the front portionof the vehicle body B and is mounted in turnin suitable bearings 20, se. cured to said body at opposite sides thereof, as is shown clearly in Fig. 2. Arms'21 .are fixed to this shaft 19 and are connected with the lower ends of the cables 12b, so that when said shaft is turned in one direction a pull will be exerted on these cables and operated to move the arms or bars 10 downwardly against the tension of the 'springs 11. `This downward movement ofthe arms will cause the heads 14 carried thereby to slide `downwardly on the side bars ofthe members 6 and 7, thus drawing said mem; bers downwardly into the dotted line `position, shown in Fig. 1. These members 6 andi 7 are of a width suiicient to permit member 7 to swing down over the steering wheel S W so as to effectively protect the driver against flying objects in front of him.

A pedal 22 is fixed to the shaft 19 and is arrangedadjacent the brake pedal P and in such close proximity thereto that the driver mayy easily operate both pedals at once and as he usually drives with his foot on the pedal P, in case of emergencyuwhen he presses the pedal to apply the brakes, his foot extending over pedal 22, will simultaneously depress it wgith theapplication of the brakes, so that the auxiliary wind shield will be automatical y lowered andthus protect the driver, should an accident occur# and break the wind-shield.

While the pedal 22 mayf be operated.- 'simultaneously with the brake P obviously they maybe operated independently, so that the brakes may be applied without lower-l ing the auxiliary windshield or protectork and vice versa. i

From the above description it will be obvious ,that the protector constituting this invention may be quickly lowered into operative position by pressure exerted yon the pedal 22 and when said pedal is released the springs 1-1'will operate to raise the arms 10` and through them elevate-the hinged members 6 and 7 into the full line position shown in Fig. 1 where they will be out of the way and Anot interfere with the vision of .the driver,

AIn the form shown in Fig. 4 the parts are the same, except that instead of using the Y-shaped members for connecting the arms 10 with the protector members 6 and 7, links 23 are employed for making this connection. These links 23 are pivotally connected' at their ends with the arms 10 and the meminvention appertains, and while I have del scribed the principle of operation of the invention together 'with the device which I now consider to be the best'embodiment, I desire to have it understood that the device jshown is merely illustrative, and that such of the claimedinvention@ What is claimed is 1. The combination with a supporting frame having a windshield mounted therein, of a protector for use in connection therewith comprisingl `a pair of hingedly connected members mounted over said shield one to open'downwardly on one side of said changes maybe made as are within the scope shield, and the other on the other side thereof, bars arranged transversely of said frame tomove vertically, members carried by said bars and slidably engaged with said hinged members whereby the raising and lowering of saidv bars operates to open and close said .hinged members, springs for normally holding said bars elevated, and means under the control of the driver for lowering said bars to bring the protector into operative position.

frame having a windshield mounted therein, of a protector for use in connection therewith comprising a pair of hingedly 2. The combination; with a supporting connected members mounted over said shield i one to open downwardly on onesidefof said shield, and the other on the other side thereof, bars arranged transversely of said frame to move verticallyymembers carried by said bars and slidably engaged with said hinged members whereby the raising and lowering of said bars operates to openand close said hinged members, springs for normally holding said barselevated, and means under the control of the driver for lowering said bars to bring the protentor into operative position and cushioning means for said hinged members.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature in presence of twowitnesses. p

` DOSABHOY E. BHARUCHA. Witnesses: LALLA DooLoB,y

EMMA E. SHALMAN. 

